The Book Commentary, an organization that recommends titles for book clubs, just gave Life and Other Complications a five star recommendation. The review is below.

In honor of Luke’s birthday today, here is my favorite description of him from Life and Other Complications:

I have been having a great deal of fun writing a free short story for my newsletter readers!

In honor of his birthday, here is Albert’s character interview.

I’ve been asked to write a guest blog post answering the question ‘What one piece of advice would you give you teen self?’ I can think of dozens of things I wish I could tell my teen self. But the blogger asked for one, so I’m narrowing it down. One of the following topics will become my blog post:

Teachers and librarians really are the best! So in thanks for all they do, I want to offer a free e-book copy of one of my two books to any teacher or librarian.

Tomorrow, I head to Pennsylvania for the Highlights Foundation’s Whole Novel Workshop!

Over the last few days, I’ve had several people ask me about the forest fire that starts during a thunderstorm in The Legend of Hobart.

Summer is a great time to encourage your kids and yourself to read more. Wondering why you should bother encouraging kids to read? Check out Tuesday’s post.

I mean it’s the digital age. Up and coming jobs are in the Tech industry. So why bother with something as old fashion as reading? So many reasons! Let me share a few.

I love a true story, especially one that inspires me. So today, on the anniversary of these events, I wanted to share the story of a rescue that changed the course of history.